2/4/21 Academic Affairs Brief
Faculty & Academic Staff Email Updates Sent Bi-Weekly
This Brief Includes:
- Campus Quarantine Update & Reminder to Test
- Plagiarism Detection Platform
- Black History Month Student Programs
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
- 02/08 - Start of In-person Instruction
(See below for a full list of semester dates.)
CAMPUS QUARANTINE UPDATE & REMINDER TO TEST
Yesterday, Wednesday, Feb 3rd, all students received this message notifying them that campus quarantine had been completed and some residential student restrictions have been lifted. Later this week and weekend we welcome back residential students who quarantined at home and those that did not require a quarantine. Commuter students are welcomed back to campus starting February 8th after they’ve received a negative COVID test result.
Reminder: Faculty must have a negative COVID test result prior to their first in-person class.
PLAGIARISM DETECTION PLATFORM
Do you use TurnItIn?
Information Systems is evaluating possible alternatives to TurnItIn for the future. They would like to identify 10-20 faculty who can help test and evaluate different platforms in their Spring courses during March and April. If you currently use TurnItIn for assignments and are interested in volunteering to test alternative plagiarism detection systems, please contact Ursula Jones.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH STUDENT PROGRAMS
As Leslie mentioned in her VPAA forum yesterday, there is a full schedule of student programming for Black History Month throughout February. More information is here and all events will be posted on the View..
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT UPDATE
A sampling of upcoming student engagement opportunities:
Important Dates
02/08 - On-campus instruction begins
03/14 - Midterm grades due
TBD - Summer & Fall 2021 registration
04/09 - Last day to withdraw from a class or the College
04/28 - Last day to request an incomplete grade for Spring 2021
04/30 - Last day to request a medical withdrawal
04/30 - Last day of classes
05/03 - 05/07 - Finals Week (This is the same as week 15, normal class schedule)
05/09 - Final grades due
05/15 - Commencement